Articles tagged as: Medicaid
November 20, 2025
Trapped inside the 'scariest place' — a psychiatric hospital in Indiana
A mother's search for answers about her daughter's detention brought to light longstanding concerns, documented in records and interviews, about oversight and care at a chain of psychiatric hospitals based in Indiana.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2025
State kicking MDwise from Indiana Medicaid program
Some 300,000 people covered by Indiana’s Medicaid program will have less than two months to change their health insurance company as state officials are kicking MDwise off the provider list.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2025
"It will be devastating for me." People with disabilities could face significant cuts under Indiana's waiver changes
People with disabilities could face significant cuts to therapy services if Indiana’s proposed changes to Medicaid waivers are approved.
Read MoreJuly 18, 2025
Program to protect mentally ill from abuse is slated for cuts. Experts are worried
Proposed cuts could leave a program meant to protect individuals with mental illness from harm at risk of curtailed services and loss of staff.
Read MoreJuly 17, 2025
FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers a fraction of Hoosiers on waitlists
Previously closed slots for Indiana's Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Indiana Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13,000 people still on the waitlist for home- and community-based health services.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2025
Rural hospitals issue warning in wake of federal cuts
Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2025
HIV community faces a double whammy: Medicaid reductions and CDC funding cuts
As Midwest cities like Indianapolis struggle with an HIV epidemic, federal support is being curtailed.
Read MoreJuly 3, 2025
New council to give Indiana Medicaid members, caregivers 'dedicated opportunities' to advise state
Hoosiers enrolled in Medicaid – and their family members or caregivers – may have a chance to directly contribute to policy and administrative discussions. The Family and Social Services Administration is accepting applications for the Beneficiary Advisory Council.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
New studies show how cutting Medicaid could be deadly
A new pair of academic studies offers evidence that Medicaid saves lives. So, what's at stake if the major Medicaid reforms and deep cuts that were approved by House Republicans make it through Congress?
Read MoreJune 2, 2025
Hoosiers call on Indiana's U.S. senators to vote 'no' on cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare
The U.S. Senate returns this week to discuss the federal reconciliation bill. The legislation includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to programs that Hoosiers said they depend on to survive. Some Hoosiers are calling for U.S. Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) to vote no on the legislation.
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